Abstract: A display apparatus is provided with: a display panel including a data electrode; a display panel driver driving the data electrode by supplying a data signal to the data electrode; and a controller supplying a polarity switching signal specifying a polarity of the data signal to the display panel driver. Control data are incorporated into the polarity switching signal, and the display panel driver operates in responsive to the control data.

Abstract: A source driver having a cascade connection configuration that drives signal lines of a display device according to a plurality of signals transmitted by a mini-LVDS interface from a controller during a predetermined period corresponding to a cascade signal received from a preceding stage, the source driver including a first reception circuit receiving a first signal of the plurality of signals; a second reception circuit receiving a second signal of the plurality of signals; and an enable control circuit that controls each of the first and second reception circuits to one of an active state and a standby state; in which the enable control circuit sets the second reception circuit to the active state according to the cascade signal received from the preceding stage, and sets the first and second reception circuits to the standby state according to a cascade signal output by the source driver to a subsequent stage.

Abstract: A sample/hold apparatus includes first, second and third power supply terminals to which first, second and third power supply voltages are applied. The second power supply voltage is an intermediate voltage between are first and third power supply voltages. A sampling switching element is adapted to pass an input voltage at an input terminal therethrough in response to a sample/hold voltage at a sample/hold terminal. A capacitor has a first terminal connected to an output of the sampling switching element and a second terminal connected to the second power supply terminal. A buffer amplifier is adapted to perform an impedance conversion upon a voltage at the first terminal of the capacitor to generate an output voltage at an output terminal. The buffer amplifier is powered by the first and third power supply voltages.

Abstract: In a data line driver for driving N (N=2, 3, . . . ) data lines of a display apparatus including cascaded M (M=2, 3, . . . ) data line driver sections, each of the data line driver sections is constructed by a digital signal receiving and holding section adapted to receive and hold N/M digital video signals in synchronization with a first clock signal, a digital/analog converter adapted to perform a digital/analog conversion upon the N/M digital video signals in synchronization with a second clock signal whose rate is smaller than that of said first clock signal, to generate N/M analog video signals, and an analog video signal receiving and holding section adapted to receive and hold the N/M analog video signals.

Abstract: A sample/hold apparatus includes first, second and third power supply terminals to which first, second and:third power supply voltages are applied. The second power supply voltage is an intermediate voltage between are first and third power supply voltages. A sampling switching element is adapted to pass an input voltage at an input terminal therethrough in response to a sample/hold voltage at a sample/hold terminal. A capacitor has a first terminal connected to an output of the sampling switching element and a second terminal connected to the second power supply terminal. A buffer amplifier is adapted to perform an impedance conversion upon a voltage at the first terminal of the capacitor to generate an output voltage at an output terminal. The buffer amplifier is powered by the first and third power supply voltages.